The United States of America stands as a monument to ethnic diversity. Though the US has and continues to face difficulties because of its lack of homogeneity, it has created a culture of diversity that has spawned an incredible amount of art born from diversity and ethic tension. In modern times, ethnic theater seems to have slipped underneath the hood of mass musicals and productions within the theater world. However, all american theater in some way shape or form was born within small theaters performing for an ethically specific slice of Americans who were seeking a connection to the cultures of their homeland.
The most profoundly adopted ethnic theater seems to emerge from the vast amount of tension throughout the years between the white english speaking majority and the ethnic minority. Ethnic theater proves interesting to all ethnicities due to its display of an alternative American lifestyle. Ethnic theater gave a stage to struggle, politics, and grief. Ethnic Theater seemed to be most prominent in the early 20th century with "European and Asian immigrant theaters" declining after 1930 done to increased immigration restrictions and a xenophobic mood spawning from political turmoil that later manifests in WWII.
Ethnic Theater represented Asian, Black, German, Puerto Rican, Mexican-American, Yiddish, Italian, and many more cultures, and has driven its roots deep into the theatrical culture of the United States. Ethnic Theater serves as a representation of the struggle of immigrants in the early 20th century to retain their cultures.
The United States of America stands as a monument to ethnic diversity. Though the US has and continues to face difficulties because of its lack of homogeneity, it has created a culture of diversity that has spawned an incredible amount of art born from diversity and ethic tension. In modern times, ethnic theater seems to have slipped underneath the hood of mass musicals and productions within the theater world. However, all american theater in some way shape or form was born within small theaters performing for an ethically specific slice of Americans who were seeking a connection to the cultures of their homeland.
The most profoundly adopted ethnic theater seems to emerge from the vast amount of tension throughout the years between the white english speaking majority and the ethnic minority. Ethnic theater proves interesting to all ethnicities due to its display of an alternative American lifestyle. Ethnic theater gave a stage to struggle, politics, and grief. Ethnic Theater seemed to be most prominent in the early 20th century with "European and Asian immigrant theaters" declining after 1930 done to increased immigration restrictions and a xenophobic mood spawning from political turmoil that later manifests in WWII.
Ethnic Theater represented Asian, Black, German, Puerto Rican, Mexican-American, Yiddish, Italian, and many more cultures, and has driven its roots deep into the theatrical culture of the United States. Ethnic Theater serves as a representation of the struggle of immigrants in the early 20th century to retain their cultures.